"Of course!" Regarding the old man's questioning, Meng Shuangshuang was very unconvinced, "Except for Ningxi, who else in this restaurant can make such delicious dishes?" ”

Boss Cai of Tongxing Building also confirmed: "That's right, this dish is indeed made by this little girl." ”

"Good! Good! The old man stroked his beard and praised, "The little girl's craftsmanship is really good, I hope we can have a future date!" ”

Ning Xi smiled: "If you have the fate to see you again, I will make you delicious dishes next time." "It's more rewarding to cook for ordinary people than to cook for ordinary people, but to cook for this kind of gluttony who really knows how to appreciate!

Meng Shuangshuang said: "Boss Cai, since we have made a dish that satisfies your guests, then our account today can be written off, right?" ”

"This is natural." Boss Cai said, "The girl's craftsmanship is so exquisite, she must be here to participate in the cooking competition this time, right?" ”

"That's right." Ning Xi nodded.

"It's just that there is still more than a month before the start of the cooking competition, I don't know if the girl has any arrangements in this more than one month?"

Ning Xi said: "There is no special arrangement, just walk around, taste the local food, and explore what different ingredients are in the local area." ”

Boss Cai said: "It's not that Cai is boasting, if you want to talk about the best of local food, it must be this restaurant, local ingredients, this restaurant also has everything, Cai has a reluctant invitation, I don't know if Miss Ning is interested in listening to it?" ”

"Oh? What do you say! ”

"If Miss Ning is okay during this time, can you come to our restaurant to help? In terms of salary, we will never treat girls badly. Boss Cai said.

"Haha, do you really dare to think that if you want us Ningxi to be your chef, it depends on whether you can afford it." Meng Shuangshuang said disdainfully.

Ning Xi quietly asked her, "The silver taels we brought, all gone?" ”

Meng Shuangshuang suddenly lowered his face: "I'm sorry, Ning Xi, I don't know why this happened." ”

Ning Xi patted her on the back: "Forget it, just have more snacks in the future." He turned his head to Boss Cai and said, "Boss Cai, I don't know how my salary is calculated if I cook here with you?" ”

"Our chef's monthly silver is twenty taels of silver a month, and if the girl comes, I'll give you thirty taels, how about it?" This price is not low, if Ningxi and they save some money, this money is enough for them to spend until the end of the cooking competition.

Rong Daquan patted his chest: "How can you let a woman work for others, I'll do this!" ”

"You?" Boss Cai looked at this fat man with some doubts, it seemed that he looked more like a chef than Ning Xi.

Ning Xi actually didn't really want to be a chef for others, and when he saw Rong Daquan taking the initiative to ask for help, he smiled and said: "This is my senior brother, and his cooking skills are only good and not bad compared to me, so it's better to let him be a chef for you this month!" ”

"Is it really the girl's brother?" If it was true, Boss Cai would rather want Rong Daquan, after all, Ning Xi was young and her strength was not enough, and he was afraid that she would not be able to do the work in the kitchen!

"What, doesn't Boss Cai believe it? Brother Rong, you go and show him a hand. "Ningxi Road.

"Okay!" Rong Daquan rolled up his sleeves as he responded.

"No, no, Miss Ning's words, can Cai still not believe it? If you're all right, come to work tomorrow! ”

"Hehe, Boss Cai." Ning Xi said, "Our coils have just been stolen, can you give us half a month's salary advance?" ”

"Huh?" Boss Cai was stunned for a moment, and then immediately said, "No problem, I will immediately ask the account office to give you silver, but this chef Rong's chef card, can you ......" Chef Dao works in a restaurant, and bets the chef card at the restaurant, which is also a common practice, Rong Daquan did not feel that there was anything wrong, and after taking the money, he generously handed over his chef card to Boss Cai.

After saying that it was time to go to work the next day, the three of them left Tongxing Building.

Meng Shuangshuang apologized to Rong Daquan all the way: "I'm sorry, Brother Rong, we originally came here to have fun, and it hurt you to go to work in the restaurant, it's all my fault, I shouldn't be so careless." ”

"Forget it, forget it." Rong Daquan said indifferently, "It's not a big deal, you can take this opportunity to see how other people's restaurants do it, and it's good to learn more." ”

Ning Xi said: "Brother Rong, it's good that you can think like this, let's also learn more from the good experience in other people's restaurants and use them in our own restaurants!" ”

In the next few days, Rong Daquan worked hard to go to Tongxing Building every day, while Ning Xi and Meng Shuangshuang took his hard-earned money and began to walk the streets and alleys to forage for food.

For example, the fresh shrimp wonton noodles of Xiangkou Grandma, the silver silk noodles are soft and elastic, and the soup is made of earth fish, shrimp shells, shrimp roe, pork bones, soybean sprouts and old ginger, which has been boiled for a long time, and the taste is absolutely fragrant and delicious.

Grandma is old, she only sells wontons for one hour every day, and as soon as she opens the door every day, there is a long queue at the door, and Ning Xi and Meng Shuangshuang also got up early in the morning to finally eat once.

There is only here can eat the cloud fragrant mung bean paste, cloud vanilla is commonly known as stinky grass, the taste is extremely strong, generally people do not like it, but some people think of it with mung bean paste, just put a little bit, the taste of the whole pot of mung bean paste will immediately improve, extraordinary.

The most popular in the night market is the beef offal stall, call a bowl, the stall owner picks up a large piece of beef lung or beef intestine from the fragrant soup of the cow, the big scissors "click" straight sound, the beef offal is cut into the bowl, the beef lung is the most refreshing cartilage and the most crisp, plus a few pieces of radish and gluten, scoop a spoonful of soup, pour on the hot sauce, a hot bowl of belly, the fairy is just so happy.

Pork red soup and fried dumplings are a perfect match, the dumplings are fried with lard and fried, the dumplings are fried in the heat wave, browned and crispy, a bite down, the fragrant oil flows all over the mouth, and then drink a mouthful of delicious pork red soup, satisfied.

The students who are studying come out of the school, hungry, and like to order a bowl of champion and porridge, hoping to get the good luck of the champion. Cook until the porridge base is thick enough, add fresh pork loin, pork liver, pork meal sausage and meat slices to cook, sprinkle with chopped green onion and pepper, spoon half a circle along the edge of the bowl, scoop up a spoonful and blow while eating, the tiredness of the day will disappear in the rich aroma of porridge. If it is accompanied by a golden fried salty pancake, it is a great pleasure in life.

Following Ning Xi to eat day by day, Meng Shuangshuang's whole body was fat, and the clothes he brought couldn't be worn, his chest was bulging tight, and every day he went in and out, he would attract a lot of wistful eyes.

When Rong Daquan first started, every day when he came back from work, he would tell Ning Xi with great interest about his new knowledge, what fresh ingredients he had seen, what new methods he had learned, and so on, but gradually he became silent, and sometimes he would silently go out of his mind, and sigh for a long time.

But when Ning Xi asked, he always shook his head: "It's nothing." ”

It turned out that they only paid for half a month's room at the inn, and now most of Rong Daquan's wages have been eaten by them, so they had to be aggrieved and moved to a cheaper inn, but fortunately, the place is still clean.

Meng Shuangshuang was still blaming herself, her carelessness caused everyone to suffer with her, but after a while, she was attracted by the little monkey of the old monkey playing monkey in the next room.

The little monkey is smart and clever, can understand people's words, and can do whatever it wants, and sometimes it will make the bad play with you, except that it can't speak, and it is almost the same as a child who has just become sensible.

Within two days, Meng Shuangshuang was very familiar with the little monkey, every time he went out to eat something delicious, he didn't forget to leave a little bit to take back to the little monkey to eat, the little monkey took a look at a bracelet woven with red silk thread on her wrist, Meng Shuangshuang took it off and tied it to the little monkey's hand.

The little monkey squeaked like a child who had received something good, and showed it around.

Even Rong Daquan came back every day, and he couldn't help but tease the little monkey, and he didn't see it for a day, as if he was missing something, and he was uncomfortable.

On this day, Rong Daquan finished teasing the little monkey, went back to the room and sat for a long time, and began to sigh again, Ning Xi walked over: "Brother Rong, you tell me the truth, are you unhappy in Tongxing Building, if you are not happy, don't do it, we want to make money in other ways." ”

Rong Daquan shook his head: "No, they are all very good to me, and a few days ago, because of the good cooking, they transferred me to a small kitchen dedicated to cooking for distinguished guests." ”

"Then why do you look sullen all day?"

"I wonder if it's right for us to base our happiness on the suffering of other beings in order to satisfy our own appetites?" Rong Daquan said with a deep face.

Ning Xi felt that something was wrong with him: "Why do you say that? "Could it be that there are still those vegetarian remnants of the Qijue Sect here, instilling in him the concept of the guilt of killing?

Rong Daquan sighed and said, "A few days ago, according to the request of the guests, I made a live roasted goose paw in the kitchen, do you know how to do it?" ”

As soon as Ning Xi heard it, he understood what he was stimulating, roasting goose paws alive was an extremely cruel dish.

Roughly wash the soles of a live goose's feet, prepare spices and a wooden board with two holes drilled, pass the goose paws through the holes in the board, take it to the stove that is burning hot, and coat the seasoning while roasting, and the goose paws will become fat and luscious in the process of roasting.

The goose paws were roasted to the size of a sunflower fan until they were cut and concocted for the guests to eat.

Rong Daquan said with a face full of reluctance: "It's really roasted alive, while roasting, the goose is crying extremely sadly." ”